VERB
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make more intense
Emotions were screwed up -
make more powerful
he souped up the old cars -
gain heat or get hot
The room heated up quickly
How To Use hot up In A Sentence
- I was filming a music video in Central Kingston in the middle of general elections, when gunmen shot up a group of people on the corner playing ludo (snakes and ladders) and dominoes.
- From being an overlooked, conservative fail-safe, it's shot up near the top of the list of summer desirables.
- Mandarin numbers shot up while junior admin staff were cut. The Sun
- Some of the most difficult courses require you to bump a chip shot up a sloping green with the utmost precision.
- Oil prices shot up nearly US $1.50 a barrel yesterday as oil and natural gas producers evacuated rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.
- The door slammed, and Fiona shot up, staring at a glaring Mark.
- Suddenly his instrument shot up an octave in an astonished squeak. IN FORKBEARD'S WAKE: Coasting Round Scandinavia
- In a second the G-force shot up into the ten to twelve range, the blood pooled near Captain Alezio's chest, and she lost consciousness.
- The guy shot up and spent the rest of the day on the nod.
- Just a minute,I will hot up your milk soon.
